Poachers’ Safe Haven: Bolivian Amazon Plundered for Wildlife
Bolivia’s rich biodiversity makes it a prime target for traffickers. It stands as one of the world’s most biodiverse countries,…
The Poisonous Mercury Trade
Mercury, employed by miners to extract gold from soil and sediment, is smuggled daily in bottles across Bolivia’s borders with…
Gold Mining: A State-Sanctioned Scourge in Bolivia
Bolivia is in the midst of a gold rush caused by record gold prices and growing international demand. This gold…
Drug Trafficking Creeps into Bolivia’s Amazon National Parks
Bolivia is the world’s third-largest producer of coca, after Colombia and Peru, and a key crossroads for cocaine and other…
Protected Areas: Illegal Timber Strongholds in the Bolivian Amazon
For years in Bolivia, high-value woods like cedar and the mara variety of mahogany have been felled to feed domestic…
Vanishing Trees and Lakes: Deforestation in Bolivia’s Amazon
Deforestation has reached alarming levels in Bolivia. The main driver of tree cover loss – loss of the canopy –…
Bolivian Amazon Faces Threats From All Sides
In Bolivia, prospectors are digging craters and poisoning rivers in Madidi National Park. This natural treasure stretches from the Andes…
‘African countries can choose whom to partner up with’
The head of the US Africa Command, General Michael Langley, has told the BBC’s Chris Ewokor in an exclusive interview…
So Far 104 Police Officers Have Been Killed In Mexico
“Sol Prendido” for Borderland Beat Video translation is as follows: According to the organization Causa en Común, 104 police officers…
Kenya appoints first woman air force head
Maj Gen Ahmed has previously held other firsts in the military leadership that is dominated by men – she was…